Babson Hosts 29th Annual President's Cup Golf Tournament

Jun 08, 2010

WELLESLEY, Mass. - The Babson College Athletic
Department hosted its 29th annual President's Cup Golf Tournament
at the beautiful Wellesley Country Club this past Monday, where the
event proved once again to be a fantastic fund-raising effort for
the department.

A total of 120 golfers participated in this year's tournament,
which featured 18 sponsors, including title sponsor Sodexo
Food Services and Presidential sponsors Santander, Citizens Bank,
and Office Environments of New England. The event, which raised
over $65,000 for the department, was won by the foursome of
Rob Flaherty P'13, Paul Kangas,
Jim Housmann, and Jim Hayes, who
posted the top gross score in the "shamble" format. The first
place team based on net scoring consisted of Dave Sargent
'82 P'13, Gary Newcomb '81, Bob
Kelly '81, and David Ryan '81.

Another major highlight on Monday was the presentation of the
Jon T. Barry Award to Don Page P'83. A die-hard
fan of Babson Athletics since his son David played basketball for
the Beavers, Page has remained one of the strongest supporters of
both the College and the President's Cup over the last three
decades. His membership at Wellesley Country Club was one of the
driving forces in the tournament's return to the spectacular venue,
and Page himself has won the event numerous times.

The Barry Award, named in memory of Jon T. Barry
'65, is presented each year to an alumus or friend of the
College who best exemplifies the qualities of enthusiasm, presence,
involvement, loyalty, sense of humor, sportsmanship, support, and
volunteerism for Babson Athletics. Page now joins previous winners
Gloria Gutierrez Gaiter '87, former President
Brian M. Barefoot '66 P'01, Chris "Doc"
Troyanos, Carl Citron, Bob Kelly
'81, Bill Glavin H'99, and Ron
and Virginia Masnicki P'97 '00, who won the inaugural
award back in 2003.

Also on Monday, the official drawing was held for the Athletics
Department's first annual Super-Raffle. The winners can be found here.